Piezospectroscopic Evaluation and Damage Identification for Thermal Barrier Coatings Subjected to Simulated Engine Environments
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2017
Publication Title
Surface and Coatings Technology
Abstract
The application of high temperature ceramic coatings has enabled aircraft and power generation turbines to run at higher inlet temperatures for greater efficiency. Their use extends the lifetime of the superalloy blades that bear thermal gradients and mechanical loads during operation. In this work, ex-situ photoluminescence spectroscopy was conducted to investigate the stresses within the thermally grown oxide of a thermal barrier coated tubular sample following complex realistic conditions, such as induced thermal gradients, and long duration aging. The resulting high,spatial resolution stress contour maps highlight the development of the thermally grown oxide in response to the complex conditions. The outcomes highlight both the role of the aging process and the oxide growth's influence on the stress profile which varies spatially across the specimen. The results further provide early detection of micro-damaged zones in the oxide layer nondestructively. Improving the understanding of the coating system's response to loading conditions will allow for more accurate system modeling and early detection and monitoring of damage zones, which is critical for improving efficiency and longevity of aircraft and power generation turbines. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Recommended Citation
Manero, A., Selimov, A., Fouliard, Q., Knipe, K., Wischek, J., Meid, C., Karlsson, A. M., Bartsch, M., and Raghavan, S., 2017, “Piezospectroscopic Evaluation and Damage Identification for Thermal Barrier Coatings Subjected to Simulated Engine Environments,” Surface and Coatings Technology, 323, pp. 30–38.
DOI
10.1016/J.SURFCOAT.2016.09.057
Volume
323
Issue
1
Comments
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation grants (Grant Nos. OISE 1460045,DMR 1337758, and CMMI 1125696), the German Science Foundation (DFG) grant (Grant No. SFB-TRR103), Project A3, and the Fulbright Academic Grant (Grant No. 34142765).